Three Barnard College students, including US lawmaker Ilhan Omar’s daughter Isra Hirsi, have been suspended for participation in an ongoing Gaza solidarity protest encampment at Columbia University in New York City.
The suspension of the three students came as university administrators called on the New York Police Department (NYPD) to dismantle the tents that had been set up earlier on Wednesday.
Several students told MEE that heavily armed police dressed in riot gear entered the university lawns on Thursday to tear down the 50-plus tents. By late Thursday afternoon, the camps were gone and dozens of students had been arrested.
The developments on Thursday followed the revelations that three students - Isra Hirsi, 21, along with Maryam Iqbal, 18, and Soph Dinu, 21 - had received letters earlier in the day informing them they had been suspended, effective immediately, due to refusing to pay heed to calls to end their protest.
Disapproval of the Israeli response is not the same as support for removing support from Israel
Yes, that’s why nothing has ever improved. Thanks. Great talk. 10/10 for illiteracy in modern history.
Right, so mind reminding me why you’re so eager to have a genocide in the US?
There wasn’t a non-fascist going to win the GOP’s primary, unless you’re eager to play apologist for even MORE Christofascists. Which, honestly, wouldn’t surprise me at this point.
lmao
He lost the popular vote to Hillary fucking Clinton.
I don’t think you can get much weaker than that.
I’m defending genocide because… I don’t want a genocide in the USA.
That’s a curious definition of defending genocide, but I suppose fascists aren’t known for their attachment to the meaning of words.
Actually yeah, which is why obama continued bush’s surveillance state, bailouts for the rich, and wars. It’s why biden continued trump’s trade war, border policies, and sucking israel’s dick.
I’m doing this by thinking biden should listen to his constituents and stop the genocide? Apparently you think biden is wise in ignoring voters so that he can continue supporting genocide. Here’s a win-win for you: biden stops supporting genocide abroad AND we don’t have a genocide in the US because he’d gain voter approval. Easiest victory of all time, but you’re so supportive of genocide and democrats are fond of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. By the way, I provided poll numbers to support my argument, what happened to the poll numbers you claimed you had?
There isn’t a non-fascist republican because democrats intentionally let them be the worst they can be so they can look good by comparison to that extremely low bar. The overton window is being pulled to the right by republicans and pushed to the right by democrats. Again, democrats actively support the worst of the worst: https://nypost.com/2022/09/12/democrats-spend-53m-to-boost-far-right-gop-candidates/
and you fall for it.
Doesn’t matter when he became president. Democrats could’ve nominated Bernie Sanders, who polled better against trump: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/29/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-says-he-polls-better-against-donald/
But of course the democrats just had to have their queen as the nominee, so they snatched defeat from the jaws for victory yet again.
So you could stop genocide both here and abroad by pressuring biden to listen to his constituents but you think it’s best to ignore voters. Don’t be surprised if your brilliant strategy doesn’t work.
Imagine being this privileged, lmao.
Ah, yes, it’s the fault of the Democrats that Republican voters love fascism. This is the exact kind of bootlicking bullshit that fascist apologists have pulled since the 1930s.
Nice, glad you didn’t read the poll I linked to which quite clearly laid out that a majority of American voters do not support a harder line on Israel (as absurd as that is), great talk.
We’re done here.
My favorite part is the complete inability to perform basic math on how 21%+16% is, actually, a larger number than 23%. But fascists have never been known for their intellect.
You say, as you dismiss the 30,000+ deaths and counting in Palestine.
The same 1930s where the capitalists were all on board with fascism because they’d rather that than the communism that was rising thanks to the many grievances of the people? You know, like how the democrats promote fascism over the socialist programs that Bernie promoted? Democrats fought harder against Bernie than Trump. You couldn’t have picked a worse example to make your point. Congratulations, you played yourself.
Your poll talks about hamas vs israel. That’s like asking if you approve of osama bin laden or the Iraq war. Further down on your link, it asks if people think biden is striking the right balance on israel and the highest option is “not sure” at 40% with the second option being “favoring the israelis too much” at 22%. Another case of you playing yourself. Also, your poll was from back in february and more and more people are seeing israel for the genocidal apartheid regime that it is. My poll is more clear in its question of asking about israel’s actions in Gaza and the majority clearly do not approve. My poll is from march.
You’re done playing yourself? Congratulations! I just hope you can find it in your heart to stop simping for genocide and stop defending a strategy where the democratic party actively promotes fascists to make themselves look better.
There were even more civilian deaths in the Russian wars against Chechnya, yet communists were all on board.
That’s terrible, but I don’t know what that has to do with this discussion.
They say, implying the US president could have stopped it with one phone call, or simply stopped giving the weapons to the people doing the killing.
It’s amazing the leaps of logic these assholes will go to trying to rationalize still being the good guys while directly causing a genocide.
Self-righteousness is a hell of a drug.